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Talker's MagazineThe quirky talk radio trade mag. Check the Talk Radio Research Project- it's not very scientific, but places on the top 15 talkers list (scroll down to Talk Radio Audiences By Size)) are as hotly contested as Emmys (and mean just about as much).

The AdvocateNo, not THAT Advocate... it's the Northwest Progressive Institute's Official Blog.

Media MattersDocumentation of right-wing media in video, audio and text.

Orcinushome of David Neiwert, freelance investigative journalist and author who writes extensively about far-right hate groups

Hominid Views"People, politics, science, and whatnot"
Darryl is a statistician who fights imperialism with empiricism, gives good links and wry commentary.

Jesus' General An 11 on the Manly Scale of Absolute Gender, a 12 on the Heavenly Scale of the 10 Commandments and a 6 on the earthly scale of the Immaculately Groomed.

Irrational Public Radio "informs, challenges, soothes and/or berates, and does so with a pleasing vocal cadence and unmatched enunciation. When you listen to IPR, integrity washes over you like lava, with the pleasing familiarity of a medium-roast coffee and a sensible muffin."

The Moderate VoiceThe voice of reason in the age of Obama, and the politics of the far-middle.

News Hounds Dogged dogging of Fox News by a team who seems to watch every minute of the cable channel so you don't have to.

HistoryLinkFun to read and free encyclopedia of Washington State history. Founded by the late Walt Crowley, it's an indispensable tool and entertainment source for history wonks and surfers alike.

right-wing blogs we like

The Reagan WingHearin lies the real heart of Washington State Republicans. Doug Parris runs this red-meat social conservative group site which bars no holds when it comes to saying who they are and who they're not; what they believe and what they don't; who their friends are and where the rest of the Republicans can go. Well-written, and flaming.

December 23, 2011

'Aw shucky-ducky!" talk radio's 2011's contributions perhaps may well should be forgotten

Talk radio’s feet forward in 2011 were not exactly covered by Prada or smothered with glory. Actually the newsmakers who broke out of radio were kind of a black-eye for the suffering industry.

(photo: Ted Williams, voice of angel and thirst to match)

(Loudest was b-grade Atlanta talk host, and a-grade horndog Herman Cain, who slithered away from the 2012 GOP presidential race with a clean shirt and a veneer of dignity. The cloud of shame, however, couldn’t be cleared, even with a moving quote from Pokémon.

The other was Ted Williams, the honey-throated, homeless, Cleveland basso who wowed radio execs and callers-in to a local radio show with his vocal prowess after The Columbus Dispatch posted video of his mellifluous panhandling. He was given a full-time job doing voiceover work for the parent company, a reality show, and a free house in Cleveland. It all went hugely viral after being YouTubed in early January.

Both men were given outsized opportunities; both blew them publicly, magnificently. Both were talented posers who were able to fool some of the people some of the time.

Cain exclaimed< “Aw, shucky ducky! I feel good today.” But dropped out the race [sic] after a covey of womenfolk with whom he’d dandled (consensually or not) fluttered in at about the same time it became painfully obvious that the proudly low-information candidate doesn’t even read the paper. (Not good for a potential leader of the free world- even a Republican one). Seems talk radio ebullience, hyperbole and self-promotion isn’t enough to get a presidential nomination (not yet, anyway).

That leaves Sen. Al Franken and Rep. Mike Pence as the only two national politicians (that we know about) who came from talk radio. Neither are making much news outside their states these days. Maybe that’s a good thing.

Bring Ted Williams on the radio and it will pick up listenership wherever he shows - whenever...

Dr. Drew would be a better fit for Williams as he is spot on in the Celebrity rehab. He strives to make others accountable moreso, while Dr. Phil seems to be smoke & mirrors after a while - funny that there are a lot of repeat offenders on his show. Rehab seems like revolving doors by its nature, but I'd say that Dr. Drew is more effective than Dr. Phil.

KVI am 570 KHz Visit the burnt-out husk of one of the seminal right-wing talkers in all the land. Here's where once trilled the reactionary tones of Rush Limbaugh, John Carlson, Kirby Wilbur, Mike Siegel, Peter Weissbach, Floyd Brown, Dinky Donkey, and Bryan Suits.
Now it's Top 40 hits from the '60's & '70's aimed at that diminishing crowd who still remembers them and can still hear.

KTTH am 770 KHzRight wing home of local, and a whole bunch of syndicated righties such as Glennn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larsony, and for an hour a day: live & local David Boze.